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Unofficial BBC iPlayer RSS feedsmike.ralphson@gmail.com (Mike Ralphson)Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:36:12 GMTbbcparse by Mermade Software http://github.com/mermade/bbc-rssHolst and Vaughan Williams: Making Music English - The fascinating story of the friendship between Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst.http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bshhss
Historian Amanda Vickery and broadcaster Tom Service unearth the fascinating story of the life-long friendship between composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst, whose music gave birth to the 'English sound' in the first half of the 20th century. They retrace the walking trips the two composers took together across the country to discover how influences ranging from the Renaissance masters to folk music imbued their music with the 'Englishness' we recognise today. Illustrating the story, the BBC Concert Orchestra perform excerpts of both composers' music.VideoPID:b0bshhssSat, 17 Nov 2018 22:00:00 GMTOur Classical Century: Series 1 (Episode 1) - This programme captures the profound influence of World War I on our classical music.http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bs6xv8
Our Classical Century brings together the greatest moments in classical music in Britain over the last 100 years in a four-part series that celebrates moments of extraordinary music ambition and excellence, deep emotion and of great pleasure, and the artists who have brought audiences this music. Over the course of the series, viewers will see an hear how, over the past one hundred years, classical music has shown dazzling virtuosity and innovation, and how music provided a uniftying soundtrack to the times when national identity and destiny was at stake.
Presented by Suzy Klein and Sir Lenny Henry, this first programme captures the profound influence of the First World War on our classical music - how it affected a generation of musicians and composers and how the music they created became a crucial part of the nation's sense of identity. From the martial might of Mars in Gustav Holst's The Planets to the pastoral beauty of Vaughan Williams' much loved The Lark Ascending, this film tells the story of the music which brought together the United Kingdom.
Suzy Klein and Sir Lenny Henry reveal the phenomenal popularity of the musical extravaganza Hiawatha by the now relatively unknown Coleridge-Taylor, and examine the enduring impact of the American Jazz-Age with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Suzy and Lenny also look at how Hubert Parry's wartime composition to William Blake's poem Jerusalem became the anthem of the Suffragette movement and at how the opening of Glyndebourne saw the start of a new chapter for opera in Britain.VideoPID:b0bs6xv8Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:00:00 GMTBallrooms and Ballerinas: Dance at the BBC - How the BBC has covered dance through the years, from ballet to the twist to Strictly.http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sg7zj
Strictly Come Dancing - today one of the most popular shows on television - is the latest manifestation of the BBC's enduring love affair with dance. Whether it was profiling stars such as Margot Fonteyn, reluctantly teaching us how to do the twist or encouraging us to dance like John Travolta, the BBC's cameras were there to capture every move and every step. From ballet to ballroom and beyond, this is Dance at the BBC.VideoPID:b06sg7zjMon, 05 Nov 2018 02:10:00 GMTBBC Proms: 2014 War Horse at the Proms - Simon Russell Beale presents a unique production of War Horse at the Royal Albert Hall.http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w7sjs
A major new musical adaptation of the international hit War Horse, created by the National Theatre for the BBC Proms.
Simon Russell Beale presents the unique production at the Royal Albert Hall with Gareth Malone's Proms Military Wives Choir, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Cambiata Choir North West, alongside the National Theatre Ensemble with the astonishing Handspring Puppets. There's even a role for writer Michael Morpurgo as himself.
Composer Adrian Sutton's War Horse Suite traces the story of Joey the horse from birth to death, the specially commissioned Some See Us is a haunting tribute to the young men slaughtered in World War I, and his elegiac Only Remembered bookends the show. Interweaved is music from composers influenced by the war, including Holst, Elgar and Ravel.
Simon Russell Beale goes behind the scenes as the production takes shape at rehearsals with National Theatre director Melly Still, Joey the horse journeys across the river from London's Southbank to the Royal Albert Hall, and Michael Morpurgo reflects on this latest incarnation of his much-loved tale.
The imaginative staging projects live action and archive footage on to screens hung like tattered flags, and there are dramatic entrances, audience participation and a few surprises, adding up to an exciting and intensely moving show.VideoPID:b04w7sjsSat, 10 Nov 2018 20:20:00 GMTThe Prince and the Composer: A Film about Hubert Parry by HRH The Prince of Wales - HRH The Prince of Wales gives his perspective on the work of composer Hubert Parry.http://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011g941
Sir Hubert Parry is simultaneously one of Britain's best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem is almost a national song, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Women's Institute meetings and the Last Night of the Proms, while Dear Lord and Father of Mankind is one of Britain's best-loved hymns. Everyone knows the tunes, yet hardly anyone knows much about the man who wrote them.
In this film, HRH The Prince of Wales, a longstanding enthusiast of Parry's work, sets out to discover more about the complex character behind it, with the help of members of Parry's family, scholars and performers. This feature-length documentary by the award-winning director John Bridcut offers fresh insight into the life and work of Hubert Parry through the unique perspective of HRH The Prince of Wales.VideoPID:b011g941Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:00:00 GMT